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Driving Miss Daisy

1989 · directed by Bruce Beresford · 99 min
25,534 feet · Prominence
343rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

$146m worldwide in 1989 — $388m in today's money.

As released$146mIn 2026 money$388mRank837 of 8,589In 198913 of 125

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise91

Critics 83, awards 91. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics83 → 42Awards91 → 46

Oscars4 won Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Makeup and Hairstyling5 nominated Actor, Supporting Actor, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing
BAFTAs1 won Actress
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Driving Miss Daisy reviewed.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.3 from 123kWikipedia26k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 526 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 68 praise 91 legacy 58averages 72, which places it at25,534 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

Morgan Freeman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Morgan Freeman23,378 ft